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“In Darkness” by Georg Trakl 🇦🇹 (3 Feb 1887 – 3 Nov 1914)
Translated from the German by Jim Doss & Werner Schmitt
The soul silences the blue springtime.
Under moist evening branches
The forehead of lovers sank in shudders.
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O the greening cross. In dark conversation
Man and woman knew each other.
Along the bleak wall
The lonely one wanders with his stars.
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Over the moon-brightened forest ways
The wilderness
Of forgotten hunts sank; gaze of blue
Breaks from decayed rocks.